Week Five Team of the Week
By Temwa Chisanga Despite a shortened final week, many teams came to play with playoff implications on the line; however only one team could be crowned as the final team of the week for the regular season. That team is no other than Takoma Academy. Capping off an amazing undefeated regular season, Takoma Academy continued […]
Week Five Players of the Week
By Harry Turner Photos Taken By: Jonae Guest, Harper Lewis, and Ean Bowie Gibraltar Coleman – Flint Hill 2023, Forward #24 Vs. Takoma Academy: (L) 41 pts, 10 reb, ast, stl, blk, 12-26 FG, 4-9 3pt, 13-16 FT The Capitol Hoops staff will miss watching Gibraltar Coleman play in the playoffs next week. The spectacular […]
Regular Season Wrap up and Playoff picture
By Isaac Harris The regular season for the summer league has ended with a wild finish. Two teams finished undefeated with 10-0 records, a 7 way tie for 6-12 seeds, and 7 teams that finished 4-6 for 16th and final seed of the playoff picture. Per league rules calls for a drawing to determine the […]
Notable Games of Day 15 06/21/2022
By Isaac Harris (photo courtesy of d1 sports media) The Heights VS Bulldogs (Churchill) 70-72: On the eve of the regular season finale the first slate of games were nail biters. The Heights vs The Bulldogs definitely had a game seven type atmosphere which started right from the tip. Both teams were playing with a […]
Takoma Academy: The Maroon engine that could
By Isaac Harris (Photo Courtesy D1 sports media) This summer one of the more interesting teams that is taking the league by storm is Takoma Academy. The small private school from Takoma Park, MD is applying the pressure this year at the Capitol Summer League. Unlike recent summers, the team is currently undefeated in league […]
Summer League Similarities
By Harry Turner Photos Taken By Jonae Guest With 32 teams participating in the league this year, 32 coaches have had to come up with successful algorithms to formulate winning records. Like most summer sports, organization can be difficult. With families traveling and students playing multiple sports for multiple teams it can be hard […]
Team of the Week honors for Week 4
By Isaac Harris This was a short week of summer league but despite the limited number of games played we still had some great team performances. The team that has won Team of the week honors for Week 4 is Sandy Spring School. Sandy Spring has been improving each week throughout the summer and earned […]
Week Four Players of the Week
Written by: Harry Turner Photos by: Jonae Guest, Harper Lewis, and D1SportsMedia Martin Somerville – McNamara, 2024 Guard #10 Vs. Sandy Spring: (L) 33 pts, 10 reb, 5 ast, 11-19 FG, 8-14 3pt, 0 TO Vs. Brandywine Boyz: (W) 17 pts, 7 reb, 3 ast, stl, 2 blk, 7-13 FG, 3-8 3pt The 6’1” […]
Team of the Week Honors for Week 3
By Isaac Harris and writing staff After much deliberation and discussions over the weekend, the team of the week for week 3, voted by the writing staff of Capitol Hoops, is the Hawks. Thanks to a 4-1 week and a signature victory over week 2’s team of the week winner St. Stephen’s St. Agnes, the […]
Week Three Players of the Week
Written By Harry Turner Photos By Jonae Guest and D1SportsMedia Nykolas Lewis (Gonzaga, ‘25 PG) Vs. The Potomac School: (W) 22 pts, 4 reb, 4 ast, 3 stl, 7/12 FG Vs. Bulldogs: (W) 24 pts, 5 reb, 4 ast, stl, 11/18 FG, 1/2 3pt, 0 TO Vs. Tenley Tigers: (W) 21 pts, 6 reb, […]